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809th Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation

708th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council

January- March 2017

Report by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard. Report by the Chief Observer of the OSCE Observer Mission at two Russian checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border, Mr. Paul Picard. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1159 on the OSCE 2014 year-end Unified Budget revision. Increasing terrorist threat in the Mediterranean region (Malta, Annex 1). Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Abduction and illegal detention of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian Federation. “Joint statement of dedication to reforms on the path to the European Union” prepared by the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Tajikistan. Situation in the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Statement by the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group on the latest developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process (Armenia, Annex 2). Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Presidential elections in Kazakhstan, to be held on 26 April 2015. Parliamentary elections in Turkey, to be held on 7 June 2015.

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Permanent Council, welcomed the new Permanent Representative of Latvia, Ambassador Bahtijors Hasans; the new Permanent Representative of Malta, Ambassador Keith Azzopardi; the new Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the OSCE, Ambassador Daniel Baer; the new Permanent Representative of France, Ambassador Maxime Lefebvre; and the new Permanent Representative of Japan, Ambassador Makoto Taketoshi. Report by the Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Ambassador Adam Kobieracki. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, Ambassador Markus Mueller. Report on the Activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Participation of NGOs at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, to be held in Warsaw from 23 September to 4 October 2013. Ambassadorial visit to the Western Balkans from 8 to 13 September 2013.

Report by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Ms Dunja Mijatović. Report by the Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Andrey Sorokin. Permanent Council Decision No. 1125 on the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; Ukraine, interpretative statement 2; Greece-European Union, interpretative statement 3; United States of America, interpretative statement 4; Canada, interpretative statement 5). Ongoing violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation and the situation in Ukraine. Situation in Ukraine and the continuing violations of the norms of international humanitarian law during the punitive operation in eastern Ukraine. Intimidation of civil society and the media in Hungary. Law on “foreign agents” in the Russian Federation. Second round of presidential elections in Afghanistan, held on 14 June 2014. Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office (Azerbaijan, Annex). Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, held in London from 10 to 13 June 2014.

Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security